Which of the following is NOT an example of a recent attempt to alleviate poverty in India?
a. The National Healthcare Law, which provides basic healthcare at highly subsidized prices to the poor
b. The Food Security Bill, which provides rice and grain at highly subsidized prices to the poor
c. The Employment Guarantee Scheme, which provides off-season jobs
d. A law requiring that private schools reserve 25 percent of their seats to the poor, to be reimbursed by the state
e. Increasing public spending on primary education
a
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In order to be readmitted to the Union, the eleven southern states that had seceded were required to ratify the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
When county officials hire employees based on an agreed set of qualifications the official is said to be using a(n)
a. unit system. b. merit system. c. consolidation system. d. spoils system. e. official system.
What does the political question doctrine make clear?
A)The judiciary will not intervene in disputes between the executive and legislative branches when it is clear that the issue at stake is clearly political. B)The judiciary will not intervene to arbitrate political disputes between the other two branches government unless they receive a request to do so from the president. C)The judiciary is the only neutral branch of government capable of solving political disputes. D)The judiciary should take the lead on setting the policy agenda through its resolution of political questions.